A great basis for everyone who wants to get ahead

Acquire the basic know-how for everything that is absolutely necessary in today’s business life: administration, office organization, sales and distribution, export, materials management, production management, and business administration as well as human resources and accounting. Over the course of the apprenticeship you will go through all business departments. You will be integrated in day-to-day business in the various departments and will also independently process individual tasks. You will become familiar with business interrelations and learn how to act independently according to commercial principles.

If you are very interested in economics and business issues, if you tackle problems aggressively and independently, then this apprenticeship will best equip you for a position full of responsibility that allows you to help structure and organize a company.

Prerequisites

General certificate of secondary education (business-oriented), advanced technical college entrance qualification or a diploma from secondary school qualifying for university admission

Laboratory assistant

Are you passionate about chemistry and looking for an apprenticeship that is out of the ordinary? Then you have come to the right place. Working as a laboratory assistant is challenging, requiring precision and the power of observation.

A profession that requires precision and the power of observation

Laboratory assistants are highly qualified experts with promising career prospects. This apprenticeship will equip you with the means to rise to the challenges and pursue a line of work in a chemical laboratory that changes every day. You will soon be familiar with terms such as titration, analysis, decanting, redox equations, and gravimetrics. As an expert with excellent training, you will soon be at home with gas chromatographs, spectrophotometers, potentiometers, and a lot of other technical equipment.

You will learn how to work with precision, observe with exactitude, understand chemical processes and physical measuring and examination processes. Practical work needs to be documented and processed using IT. You will also be extensively trained in the areas of safety and environmental protection directives.

The apprenticeship takes place in the company in the areas of Research and Development, Quality Assurance, and Technology as well as Physics. Working in a laboratory requires a high capacity for teamwork, a keen sense of responsibility, commitment, and creativity. After the apprenticeship, further education and training measures open up excellent career opportunities ranging all the way to advanced technical college entrance qualification and university studies.

Industrial mechanic

Are you interested in (high) technology? Do computers, aggregates, and machines appeal to you in terms of your mechanical skills? An apprenticeship with us as an industrial mechanic is just the thing for you.

Solid basic training in technology and high technology

There is always a lot to do in this job: during your training, you will acquire knowledge and skills that will turn you into a high-tech professional for the industry: pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, computers, drive aggregates, turbines, pumps, and gears – there is production, installation, and repair work everywhere. You will learn the trade from the bottom up, inside out, and with precision in our workshops.

Working with lathes, mills, welding equipment, technical drawings, plastic and composite materials, and metals as well as various alloys will become matter of course during your training. As a qualified industrial mechanic, you will contribute considerably to smooth production operations in the company, you will be responsible for making sure machines and systems are functional and safe.

Training takes place in the company, vocational school, and in subject-related and exam preparation courses held in special external training centers. As an industrial mechanic, you will acquire a solid foundation for further training which may lead all the way to studies in mechanical engineering at a university of applied science.

Electronics technician

Are you looking for a truly fascinating career? Then you should become a power electronics technician. You ensure that a large company never runs out of power since the supply of energy is necessary for production in all plant divisions.

An exciting profession with good future prospects

Energy and electronics are ubiquitous in our world: an apprenticeship in this field is a wise choice. There are many fields of work and application in the company for energy electronics, energy provision, and control, monitoring, and drive technologies as well as illumination and communication technologies. Theoretical areas such as planning and documentation are combined with many practical challenges such as measuring, checking, and repairs. You will learn the most important basics for electronic elements and assemblies as well as rules for proper installation and methods for testing and troubleshooting.

The apprenticeship runs for three and a half years and is very challenging. You will have a lot to learn, from specialized terminology for electronics and electrotechnology all the way to practical applications, working with computers, and many safety measures and directives. In return, this profession literally offers you “high voltage.”

Your areas of application in the company later on are energy provision, maintenance, and development. Your training serves as an excellent basis for further education, adult education or studies in electrical engineering. The willingness to extend your expert knowledge throughout your career is an absolute necessity in this profession.

Paper technologist

Does a career that combines history and high-tech appeal to you? As a paper technologist, you will be a sought after specialist. You ensure the excellent quality of top-class papers and have a lot of responsibility. You are responsible for the production process and your sound training will provide you with many opportunities for advancement.

A profession steeped in history with a great future

There is more demand than ever for paper technologists: this profession offers great future opportunities as specialists are always needed. Over the course of the three years of training, you will learn step by step how to adopt more and more responsibility for the production process. You will find out all about processing wood, plastic, and metal and enhancing paper from the bottom up. Your work will include raw materials, pulp materials, and auxiliary materials and you will soon be familiar with every step in the production of quality paper.

In the paper industry, operations are set up so that the machines run 24/7, which necessitates shift work. As a result, however, high wages can soon be earned with extra pay for working shifts. In addition, it’s fun to have working hours that vary and to be off when others are at work. After you have completed your training and with the appropriate qualifications you can also pursue a career as a paper engineer. At the Fachhochschule München and technical universities in Darmstadt and Dresden as well as at the Berufsakademie Karlsruhe and the Papiermacherzentrum Gernsbach there are optimum environments for study. And the demand for skilled workers in this field is huge.

Media technologist in print processing

Do you enjoy and have an understanding of electronics and mechanical engineering? Do creativity and technology appeal to you in terms of your mechanical skills? An apprenticeship with us as a media technologist in print processing is just the thing for you.

Make a career of the joy of modern technology

Preparing printing plates for printing, producing proofs, and preparing releases, checking the consistency of ink… As a media technologist in print processing there is a lot to do since media technologist in print processing in the field of intaglio are in demand – they produce single and multicolor printed materials on gravure printing presses.

After you have prepared all the materials that are needed for printing, e.g. inks and foils, you set the gravure printing presses, fill the corresponding ink containers or supply the ink via pump systems, and adjust the ink feed. Then you make the proofs and create color scales to align the inks and tones with the corresponding templates as well as make corrections as required. During the printing process, the printers monitor all machine functions and in some circumstances control machine settings to ensure consistent quality. Plus they clean and maintain the machines and their additional aggregates after printing is finished.

After your training is over, it is possible to expand and consolidate technical knowledge and skills in seminars and courses. This gives you a boost up the career ladder.

Bachelor of Arts / Business Administration - Industry

Are you aiming to obtain an advanced technical college entrance qualification or diploma from German secondary school qualifying you for university admission? Are you interested in commercial practices and interrelations such as Purchasing, Finance, Human Resources Management, or Marketing? Then you are in the right place with us for the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration – Industry program.

Technical and leadership competence for a successful career in the industry

In cooperation with the Duale Hochschule Ravensburg, you will receive optimum training at Louisenthal for the challenging responsibilities in all corporate business units. You will switch from the practical phases at our Lousienthal and Munich sites to the theoretical phases at the Duale Hochschule Ravensburg every three months.

You will work on business challenges in written projects and go through all commercial departments in the practical phases. In the theoretical phases you coursework will include basics in business administration, business mathematics, economics, law, data processing, accounting, and English as well as a program tailored especially to industrial operations.

You will be placed in an area in which you may work later on during the so-called specialization phase during your third year of training. During the last theoretical phase, you will write a research paper and complete your Bachelor thesis in the final practical phase.

Prerequisites

Advanced technical college entrance qualification, general or subject-specific university entrance diploma

Bachelor of Engineering / Paper Technology

Are you aiming to obtain a general or subject-specific university entrance diploma? Are you interested in scientific-technical interrelations and their implementation? Then the combined study program Bachelor of Engineering, specializing in paper technology, is just the thing for you.

Technical and leadership competence for a successful career in the industry

In cooperation with the Duale Hochschule Ravensburg, you will receive optimum training at Louisenthal for the challenging responsibilities in all corporate business units. You will switch from the practical phases at our Lousienthal and Munich sites to the theoretical phases at the Duale Hochschule Ravensburg every three months.

You will work on business challenges in written projects and go through all commercial departments in the practical phases. In the theoretical phases you coursework will include basics in business administration, business mathematics, economics, law, data processing, accounting, and English as well as a program tailored especially to industrial operations.

You will be placed in an area in which you may work later on during the so-called specialization phase during your third year of training. During the last theoretical phase, you will write a research paper and complete your Bachelor thesis in the final practical phase.

Prerequisites

Advanced technical college entrance qualification, general or subject-specific university entrance diploma

Bachelor of Engineering / Paper Technology

Are you aiming to obtain a general or subject-specific university entrance diploma? Are you interested in scientific-technical interrelations and their implementation? Then the combined study program Bachelor of Engineering, specializing in paper technology, is just the thing for you.

Technical and leadership competence for a successful career in the industry

If you want to be successful in an industrial company, you need special technical knowledge and practical experience. Bachelor of Engineering / Paper Technology studies offer you excellent career prospects – interesting positions with a very good income and career opportunities in posts with responsibility. Paper technology engineers are sought after – for varied areas of activity such as paper production and processing. After you graduate, you will be able to assume leadership tasks on the line as well as in projects, e.g. as an assistant to production management, as a staff member in technology, sales and distribution, and as an application technician. Since production systems don’t rest idle at night, shift work will be part of your daily routine.

In cooperation with the Duale Hochschule Karlsruhe, you will receive optimum training at Louisenthal for the challenging responsibilities in all production-relevant business units. You will switch from the practical phases to the theoretical phases at the Duale Hochschule Karlsruhe every three months. The qualification process during the theoretical phases is extremely diverse. Studies are based on traditional scientific subjects and a wide range of engineering and technical fundamentals, in particular mechanical engineering, process technology, and materials, machines, and systems engineering. The introduction to special paper technology and paper processing starts right in the first semester and is ongoing. Business administration, project management, and subjects such as organization technology, environmental protection, and human resources management complement the curriculum. Studies take place at the nearby Papierzentrum Gernsbach as well as at the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe.

Prerequisites

General or subject-specific university entrance diploma

Good skills in mathematics and English

Interest in paper as a product

Interest in scientific-technical interrelations and their implementation

Commercial clerk

The office perfectly under control

Commercial clerks take care of all commercial, administrative, and organizational activities in a company and make sure that flows of company information and communication run smoothly.

You will be integrated in day-to-day business in the various departments and will also independently complete individual tasks. You will become familiar with business concepts and learn how to act independently according to commercial principles. You will work in pleasantly designed offices with modern equipment for work and communication.

After you have completed your training, you will be responsible for activities in the areas of Finance, Accounting, or Human Resources. With your sound knowledge, the doors to numerous further education opportunities will be open to you.

Prerequisites

General certificate of secondary education (business-oriented), advanced technical college entrance qualification or a diploma from secondary school qualifying for university admission

Expert for safety and security (m/f)

A “secure” apprenticeship

As an expert for safety and security (m/f), you evaluate and monitor our existing safety and security measures and thus maintain order and security in the company. In addition, you have to check whether specific provisions are being observed and keep a log of damage incidents.

Experts for safety and security (m/f) must recognize and assess hazards in order to be able to implement appropriate action. Correct and fast responses are therefore crucial. These include rapid appraisal and analysis of the situation and taking immediate action. Particularly highly qualified people work in this field.

As a prospective expert for safety and security (m/f), you will become acquainted with a wide range of different security technology systems. Furthermore, you will learn how to plan, organize and implement security services.